Set of 2 Stainless steel kopi pot (Q38)
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These traditional brass kopi pots are reminiscent of a time in the past rich with history surrounding the beginnings of our hawker culture. (2018-0002, 2 parts)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | Set of 2 Stainless steel kopi pot |
These traditional brass kopi pots are reminiscent of a time in the past rich with history surrounding the beginnings of our hawker culture. (2018-0002, 2 parts) |
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30 x 39 x 19 cm
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1970s
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Hawker life
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The perfect remedy after a long day is – arguably – a humble meal and a complementary cup of kopi/teh in the homespun communal space of a hawker centre. Our hawker culture is a defining hallmark of the Singaporean food scene, with practices like idiosyncratic methods of kopi/teh brewing perpetuated through time.
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Images of these traditional brass Kopi pots are closely associated with our hawker centres for most, reminiscent of a time in the past rich with history surrounding the beginnings of our hawker culture.
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Queenstown, with its rising population, was a natural magnet for itinerant hawkers. Many were residents, but a fair sum also came from other parts of Singapore as far as Thomson Road – such as Lim Thiam Choor, who started selling popiah (Hokkien: spring rolls) from his bicycle cart in 1961. Today, the 67-year old is a popiah legend at the food centre in Commonwealth Avenue.
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It can be said that Singaporeans’ singular passion for food is rooted in the scrumptious street-side hawker fare found everywhere in the 1960s and early 1970s.
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